Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 115: Dr. Michael Havig, CEO, HealthMe
Thinking About a Concierge Medical Practice? Assure Compliance with Payor Requirements and the Law
Drug Pricing Initiatives During the Trump Presidency
K&L Gates Triage: An Insider’s Perspective on the Health Care Debate in Washington, DC
States remain at the forefront of legislative efforts on a range of issues relating to drug pricing, such as increasing price transparency, capping out-of-pocket costs for insulin, and limiting certain PBM practices. These...more
On April 29, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), issued the final rule on Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs...more
No Surprise Act - On December 27, 2020, Congress enacted the No Surprise Act (the “Act”) as part of the $900 billion omnibus spending bill. Effective January 1, 2022, the Act provides long-anticipated statutory protections...more
Push to end surprise medical billing - The Senate Finance Committee heard from providers and health insurers on S.309, a bill that prohibits certain provisions in contracts between health insurers and health care...more
New Illinois Expense Reimbursement Obligations - Joining employers in California and a growing number of other states, Illinois employers must now reimburse their employees for all expenditures or losses incurred within...more
The Illinois legislature recently amended the state's Wage Payment and Collection Act (IWPCA) to require that employers reimburse employees for all reasonable “necessary expenses” that are “directly related to services...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Because of a new law effect January 1, 2019, employers in Illinois should review and, if necessary, revise, their expense reimbursement policies to avoid a new source of potential class action exposure....more
As of January 1, 2019, Illinois will have one of the most expansive employee expense reimbursement laws in the country. ...more
In late August, Governor Rauner signed into law an amendment to the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act requiring employers to reimburse employees for “all necessary expenditures or losses incurred by [employees].”...more
On Thursday, August 9, 2018, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) signed H.4742, "An Act for prevention and access to appropriate care and treatment of addiction," which takes effect immediately. ...more